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Hour of the witch

Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in The New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, pro...

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Main Author: Bohjalian, Chris, 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Blewer, Grace (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, 2021.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Puritans > Massachusetts > Fiction.
Witch hunting > Fiction.
Wife abuse > Fiction.
Marital violence > Fiction.
Malicious accusation > Fiction.
Trials (Witchcraft) > Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) > History > 17th century > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Audiobooks.
Summary: Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in The New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary's hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life. But in a world where every neighbor is watching for signs of the devil, Mary soon finds herself the object of suspicion and rumor. When tainted objects are discovered buried in Mary's garden, when a boy she has treated with herbs and simples dies, and when their servant girl runs screaming in fright from her home, Mary must fight not only to escape her marriage, but also the gallows.
Item Description: Title from web page.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 11 audio disc (14 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 14:00:00
ISBN: 9780593348819
0593348818
Author Notes: Chris Bohjalian (born on August 12, 1962 in White Plains, New York) graduated from Amherst College and worked as an account representative for J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York in the mid-1980s. Bohjalian is an American novelist and the author of 15 novels, including the bestsellers Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls. His first novel, A Killing in the Real World, was released in 1988. His other novels include Water Witches, The Law of Similars, Before You Know Kindness, Skeletons at the Feast, and The Night Strangers. Past the Bleachers and Midwives were made into Hallmark Hall of Fame movies and Secrets of Eden was made into a Lifetime Television movie. He won the New England Book Award in 2002. He also contributes to numerous publications including Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and the Burlington Free Press. Bohjalian's The Guest Room is a New York Times bestseller.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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